Lot #141 - French Novelty Automaton Industrial Clock Late 19th Century
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Auction House:Shapiro Auctions
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Sale Name:Fine Furniture, Silver and Decorative Arts
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Sale Date:04 Apr 2023 ~ 5pm (AEST)
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Lot #:141
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Lot Description:French Novelty Automaton Industrial Clock Late 19th Century
modelled as an industrial steam engine, with large automaton fly wheel and piston, driven by a large barrel housed in the base, the front ornamented with mock brickwork and furnaces, with silvered dials housed in drums with a clock, an aneroid barometer and a Reaumur thermometer, on rouge marble base, in presentation case, movement (A/F), Cf. for comparison Derek Roberts Mystery, Novelty and Fantasy Clocks, Schiffer 1999, p.265, Fig.22-27, and the collection of the Science Museum of Victoria
height 59 cm width 44 cm depth 29 cm (in case) -
Provenance:Private Collection, Sydney
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Estimate:A$8,000 - 12,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Clocks & Watches
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